Yoav Stern and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service, and News Agencies: Assad: We won't cut ties with Hezbollah, despite Israel talks
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Title:WAIT!!!
Name:Robert
City: MontrealState: Canada
WAIT!!! Israel must tell the Syrians that peace must come first with the Palestinians, then hand over whatever part of the Golan they want.

Let`s face it Syria wants the Golan so badly that they will do the simple things like, exchange ambassadors, and sign a piece of paper. But they also might be peruaded to pressure the Palestinians to accept less than the 1967 borders, like Barak`s plan, maybe absorb the Palestinian refugees in Syria, give them citizenship, etc..

We have to use the leverage we have and don`t throw it away for nothing.